Experimental Code: Stop mobs hopping when pathing - FindBestZ tweaks

[Rogean]

Http://www.rogean.com/Zone-BestZ.exe

Haven't tested it myself. Test it out and let me know how it works out. If it looks good I'll commit to code.

[Zandig]

Originally Posted by Rogean

Http://www.rogean.com/Zone-BestZ.exe

Haven't tested it myself. Test it out and let me know how it works out. If it looks good I'll commit to code.

Tested various zones and it looks really good so far.
Hopping is gone.
What a sweet fix!

[krusher]

I have created a wiki page listing the new rules required for the pathing Z fix.

Krusher

[Cripp]

to make the rules work(or to even compile properly).. need to add them to the rulesys..

--- ruletypes.h	2007/11/14 06:13:36	1.11
+++ ruletypes.h	2007/12/01 18:11:14	1.12
@@ -84,6 +84,17 @@
 RULE_BOOL (NPC, UseItemBonusesForNonPets, true)
 RULE_CATEGORY_END()
 
+RULE_CATEGORY( Map )
+RULE_BOOL ( Map, FixPathingZAtWaypoints, false )
+RULE_BOOL ( Map, FixPathingZWhenMoving, false )
+RULE_BOOL ( Map, FixPathingZOnSendTo, false )
+RULE_BOOL ( Map, FixPathingZWhenLoading, false )
+RULE_REAL ( Map, FixPathingZMaxDeltaSendTo, 20.0 )
+RULE_REAL ( Map, FixPathingZMaxDeltaLoading, 20.0 )
+RULE_REAL ( Map, FixPathingZMaxDeltaMoving, 20.0 )
+RULE_REAL ( Map, FixPathingZMaxDeltaWaypoint, 20.0 )
+RULE_CATEGORY_END()
+
 #undef RULE_CATEGORY
 #undef RULE_INT
 #undef RULE_REAL

--- waypoints.cpp	2007/11/30 19:06:27	1.6
+++ waypoints.cpp	2007/12/01 18:11:14	1.7
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #include "parser.h"
 #include "StringIDs.h"
 #include "../common/MiscFunctions.h"
+#include "../common/rulesys.h"
 #include "features.h"
 
 static inline float ABS(float x) {

Edit:: im not sure if this was already added to the nightly builds or not.. but it wasnt in cvs.

[Zandig]

Originally Posted by fathernitwit

OK, by popular demand (aka one dude who cant build), I reworked this stuff to be runtime configurable using the rules system.

Originally Posted by krusher

I have created a wiki page listing the new rules required for the pathing Z fix.

Krusher

Thanks all.
Tested with 0.7.0-1068 and it works a treat.

[moydock]

Thanks guys, really excited about this new feature.